If you lot are the owner and operator of a Windows based PC so the chances are that you might have taken the plunge and downloaded the Windows 8 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) build that has recently been made available by Microsoft to subscribers of MSDN and TechNet. The Windows eight operating organisation has gained some significant traction during the course of the testing phase and there is definitely quite a buzz surrounding the official release with Windows fan desperate to get their hands on Microsoft's latest creation.

If you have already downloaded the RTM build and then outset of all welcome to the Windows viii experience. If you lot've downloaded the build onto a laptop then 1 of the offset things you may find is the total lack of support for using the gestures on the built-in bear on-pads establish on the notebooks. Microsoft initially included Elan alpha drivers with preview builds of Windows eight, simply for 1 reason or some other these were not included with the current RTM build. Gestures are 1 of the nifty and powerful features in the new operating organisation, so information technology seems pretty pointless to accept information technology without them.

Windows 8 logo

Microsoft have confirmed that they are currently working with Elan to produce updated drivers for the operating system to enable gestures on touch-pads, only until and then information technology has been shown that the former Synaptics Windows 7 drivers piece of work just fine in activating theses gestures in Windows 8. The Synaptics website contains a list of downloads for generic touch on-pad drivers that are available for most versions of Windows all the style from 95 to Windows seven, but the all important drivers for Windows 8 are missing. Thankfully, downloading and installed the drivers that are intended for employ on Windows 7/Vista/XP seem to do the trick and even includes a full Synaptics control panel for enabling individual gestures.

The report from the Microsoft representative brings confirmation that they are indeed working on releasing official drivers in conjunction with Elan, that are built specifically to work with Windows 8, but with no official timescale on when that release is going to happen the driver offering from Synaptics should fill the gap very nicely for those running the Windows 8 RTM.

Windows 8 Start Screen

(Source: CNET via Lifehacker )

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